Amory family papers, 1697-1894.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Amory family papers, 1697-1894.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53784224

Amory family papers, 1697-1894, consist of business, estate, and personal papers of the Amory family and related Coffin and Sullivan families of Boston, Mass. Business papers pertain to the multi-generational family merchant establishments Jonathan and John Amory; Amory, Taylor, and Rogers; Cutler and Amory; John and Thomas Amory; and Jonathan and Thomas Amory and Company. Included in the collection are correspondence, shipping papers, estate inventories, wastebooks, account books, cash books, invoices, letterbooks, bills, and receipts. Correspondents include merchants John Rowe, Enoch Greenleaf, Cotton Tufts, Obadiah Curtis and London merchant houses Forsyth, Smith & Company and Harrison & Ansley, among others. Materials related to Jonathan and John Amory and Amory, Taylor, and Rogers are of particular importance as they document the struggle Boston merchants had with the Stamp Act, British taxation, non-importation, and parliamentary encroachments on the colonies and trade. Personal papers of the Amory, Sullivan, Cutler, and Coffin families include extensive papers detailing family trusts and estates; family real estate holdings; wills and deeds; account books; commonplace-books; and newspaper clippings. Family correspondence includes letters between Thomas and Rebekah Holmes Amory with Thomas's sister Ann Ramsey; letters from Quebec distiller and Loyalist John Coffin to his daughter Elizabeth Coffin Amory and son-in-law Thomas Amory; and correspondence between Mehitable Sullivan Cutler and her husband James Cutler, father Mass. gov. James Sullivan, brother William Sullivan, and daughter Mary Ann Appleton. Also included are letters from James Cutler to his brother-in-law and rector of Trinity Church in Boston, Dr. Samuel Parker; letters from Maria Foster to her aunt Mary Ann Appleton; and Civil War letters from Col. Thomas J.C. Amory of the 17th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and his brother Capt. Charles B. Amory of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment to their father, Jonathan Amory and uncle James S. Amory. Also included are the diaries of Mehitable Sullivan Cutler Amory and Thomas Coffin Amory. Other correspondents include Thomas Amory (1682-1728), Thomas Amory (1722-1784), Jonathan Amory (1726-1789), John Amory (1728-1803), Jonathan Amory tertius (1770-1828), Thomas C. Amory, Jr. (1767-1812), Thomas Coffin Amory (1812-1889), Rufus Greene Amory, Stephen Deblois, Elizabeth Amory Deblois, Benjamin Cutler, and Austin and Deblois family members. The collection also includes extensive genealogy of the Amory family, including 19th century transcriptions of early family papers and correspondence; material gathered in Europe in 1871; genealogical notes; and a biography of Amory, Sullivan, and Coffin family members written by Gertrude E. Meredith.

181 cased vols. (4 extra tall), 3 boxes, and 5 oversize boxes (disbound volumes)

Massachusetts Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7670961

Massachusetts Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 36 Entities related to this resource.

Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn25h0 (person)

John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American General in the Revolutionary War winning several key battles most notably the Delaware crossing. He was a delegate in the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, the third governor of New Hampshire, and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Born in Somersworth in the Province of New Hampshire,...

Great Britain

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj3fx1 (corporateBody)

This historic document, considered by many to be the cornerstone of English liberty, was the result of demands made by the English barons at the beginning of the 13th century for rights and guarantees against the exactions of the m̀onarchy' in the person of King John. It consists of a preamble and 63 clauses. Also includes facsimile of Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral (acquired 1964). From the description of Magna Carta [manuscript]. 1215. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record i...

Appleton, Mary Ann Cutler, 1794-1860.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr4bv9 (person)

Cutler, James, 1767-1799.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d5524s (person)

Amory, Jonathan, 1770-1828

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x7hnr (person)

Jonathan and Thomas Amory and Company (Boston, Mass.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s6j30 (corporateBody)

Sullivan family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h79r5n (family)

Amory, Taylor, & Rogers (Boston, Mass.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6714vtz (corporateBody)

Amory, John, 1728-1803

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg15wg (person)

Forsyth, Smith, & Company (London, England).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w28vc (corporateBody)

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w667252t (corporateBody)

Sullivan, James, 1744-1808

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66w99rn (person)

Continental Congressman, anti-Federalist, governor of Massachusetts, founder of Massachusetts Historical Society. From the description of ALS, 1789 June 28 : Boston, to Elbridge Gerry. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13986996 Attorney general of Massachusetts (1790-1807). From the description of James Sullivan autograph letter signed, 1798. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130492 Continental Congressman, g...

Amory, Thomas, 1682-1728

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6db81sr (person)

Amory, Jonathan, 1725 or 1726-1797

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t75ffs (person)

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1866)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q56rsr (corporateBody)

Cutler and Amory (Boston, Mass.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf0vms (corporateBody)

Jonathan and John Amory (Boston, Mass.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wt5pc8 (corporateBody)

Amory, Thomas, 1722-1784.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cj9zz9 (person)

Rogers, Samuel, 1746-1804

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fv321w (person)

Amory, John, 1759-1832.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z93t7t (person)

Amory's and Taylor (Boston, Mass.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n65ggr (corporateBody)

Coffin, Ann, 1730-1808.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq8f1k (person)

Amory, Elizabeth Coffin, 1741-1822.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn8kf0 (person)

Meredith, Gertrude Euphemia, 1852-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz7njk (person)

Sullivan, William, 1774-1839

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs3085 (person)

Sullivan was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1795, served on the Massachuetts General Court (1804-1830), and was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1830). From 1830, he devoted most of his career to writing about political institutions of the United States. From the description of Letters to Sarah Cutler, 1832-1836. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337895 A pencil notation on the item suggests that Sullivan was the son of Mass...

Harrison & Ansley (London, England).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c89582 (corporateBody)

Coffin, John, 1729-1808.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r86mm (person)

Taylor, Joseph, 1746-1816.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kq2h8w (person)

Amory, Rebekah Holmes, 1700-1770

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6127c58 (person)

Coffin family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq6fc1 (family)

Amory family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv60cc (person)

Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin), 1812-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6835bvk (person)

Thomas Coffin Amory, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Coffin) Amory, was born in Boston in 1767. He married Hannah Rowe Linzee in 1785. Following the family tradition, he became a merchant in Boston. In the course of his business, he bought and sold all types of products and acted as an exporter, wholesaler, importer and retailer, depending on what his associates wished of him. Amory frequently sold his own products as well as on consignment for standard commercial rates. In addition to the above ac...

Parker, Samuel, 1744-1804

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn4wh6 (person)

Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Massachsuetts (1804). Parker was consecrated bishop on 16 Sept. 1804, in Trinity Church, New York, but developed gout and never served in the post. He died in Boston on 6 Dec. 1804. From the description of Samuel Parker papers, 1777-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663093689 ...

Amory, Mehitable Sullivan Cutler, 1772-1847.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fz1r57 (person)

Amory, Thomas, 1762-1823

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b862kd (person)

American career soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). From the description of Pay vouchers, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122637362 ...

Warren, George Washington, 1813-1883

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q87m9 (person)

Warren, a lawyer, state legislator, and first mayor of Charlestown, Mass., was active in the Bunker Hill Monument Association, serving as president, 1847-1875. From the description of Correspondence, 1781-1910 (inclusive), 1846-1882 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122419303 From the guide to the George Washington Warren correspondence, 1781-1910 (inclusive), 1846-1882 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...